Conspiracies and agent rivalries

June, 23, 2008

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The best thing I've ever read about sports agents was Jerry Crasnick's book, "License to Deal." If you haven't read the book, you should. And for a nice primer we offer It's About the Money, Stupid's interview with agent Matt Sosnick, the key figure in the book

There's plenty of more of this in the interview. I think I might have written this at some point before, but if my son were a young baseball player with a future, I believe I'd steer him toward Sosnick.

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Rob Neyer

Rob Neyer is a senior writer at ESPN.com. He began his career with legendary baseball author (and current Red Sox executive) Bill James, then joined Stats Inc. and wrote about MLB, the NFL and the NBA. Neyer joined ESPN.com in 1996, and it's believed that he's written more words for the site than anybody.

Neyer moved to Kansas City in 1976, just in time for the Royals' first division title, and fell in love almost immediately. He attended the University of Kansas the same four years as Danny Manning, and is now happy to wait another 20 years for the Jayhawks' next championship.